empower
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He announced the launch of “Smithsonian Cares,” a digital resource that would “provide tools and guidance to empower and inspire conversations about diversity, equity, access and inclusion.”
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
"It must ensure that proportionate age restrictions go hand-in-hand with robust safety measures so that digital environments both protect and empower children, by design and default," they wrote.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
“Our mission has always been to inform, engage and empower our audience,” MS NOW President Rebecca Kutler said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
She said she was "really happy" and wanted to "empower women" and "leave an imprint on their lives" with her future career.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
What he did, on a small scale, showed me how important it is to empower the dispossessed and the disenfranchised in the wake of oppression.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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McVay empowers all coaches, said Taylor, who had previous experience as a coordinator.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
"It does, however, address the housing crisis, empowers tenants and improves their wellbeing," she added.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Will it be centralized and restricted to a few institutions, or will it be a tool that empowers everyone?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
"We have no interest in other companies' trade secrets. We remain focused on building innovative technology that empowers people everywhere," an OpenAI spokesperson said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Today, art historians like to say that Les Demoiselles empowers viewers, which is what they say about the Mona Lisa too—they mean that both paintings are open to interpretation.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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Perhaps Ulez has empowered the mayor to be more direct?
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Once that safety is established, Park is able to help his students feel empowered by their story, Mejia said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
After all, the very nature of how Green Lanterns obtain their superhuman abilities involves cosmically empowered rings choosing their wearers.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
They haven’t always been empowered to speak up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
“I am empowered to lie. But I have never lied to you.”
From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry
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When the internet helped pry open the door on prices decades ago, all that information initially gave shoppers an empowering edge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
An empowering message isn’t one that recommends the opposite of long-standing guidance.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026
"Instead of silencing residents and handing mayors a blank cheque, the government should be empowering local councils with the resources to deliver genuinely affordable homes alongside the infrastructure to support them," he added.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
On the whole, this looks to be a positive inflection point in our political leadership, empowering a new generation of leaders advocating needed changes in the government’s relationship with its constituents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
“You can’t let what other people think about you bother you; you’ll never be happy if you do. Turning an insult into something you embrace is a good way of empowering yourself.”
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
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